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Library Concerts in the Courtyard Coming

Is it too soon for a movie to be made about the Boston Marathon bombings and aftermath?

Good morning, Beacon Hill! Here are five things you need to know today, Thursday, July 11:

1. BPL CONCERTS: From blues to Broadway, jazz to classical music, there is surely something to please every musical taste this summer at the Central Library in Copley Square during the library's free Concerts in the Courtyard. We've got more here.

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2. MOVIE ABOUT THE MARATHON?: Less than three months after the Boston Marathon bombing, a pair of Hollywood screenwriters have secured the feature rights to adapt the story for film. 

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORYOn this day in 1804, in a duel held in Weehawken, New Jersey, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, a leading Federalist and the chief architect of America's political economy, died the following day. Information courtesy of History.com.

5. TODAY'S FORECASTMostly cloudy with a chance for thunderstorms and a high of 82. Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance for thunderstorms and a low of 69.


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